Jennings, Julia died 1911

JENNINGS, MCDONALD, LANDIS, STRUBE

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 8/5/2021 at 20:31:24

Elkader Register & Argus, Thur., 21 Sept. 1911. Elkport and Vicinity column.

We are sorry not to have received data, regarding the life of the above friend, familiarly known as Grandma Jennings, but feel it our duty to write something as a tribute of respect for the deceased and her estimable family. She had passed the 83rd milestone of her life, a great deal of which was spent in Elkport, she being numbered as one of its earliest settlers.

The deceased had six children to love her and care for her at different times, as she lived alone near the school house in Elkport, where her days were spent watching the youngsters at play and seeing the older ones at various amusements during intermissions, and different teachers in all those years come each day, during the school year, to impart knowledge to those who were under their care.

Grandma Jennings had been ailing somewhat and her children came, first one and then the other, to do for mother. She grew worse, but still the relatives and the community were shocked to learn of her demise. She will be sadly missed by a large circle of friends outside of the relation. On Wednesday night her candle was extinguished and its light of life will shine forth in that unknown realm from which no pilgrim may return.

All her children came home to stand together at least once more as they gazed upon those beloved features, ere they were conveyed to their last resting place in the beautiful Mt. Harmony cemetery, the silent city where many a mound may be seen. Rev. Hearsch conducted the services and in a forceful speech tried to speak words of comfort to the sorrowing ones. The children were as follows: George McDonald, of Elkport; Mrs. Abe Landis, of Colesburg; Ed. Jennings, of near Garber; John Jennings, of Davenport; Hermann Jennings, of Mason City, and Mrs. C. Strube, of Garber. May she rest in peace.

Dear mother, thy toils are o'er,
We'll miss thy words of cheer, But we hope reunited to be
With our father and thee, dear.

The songs were solemnly rendered by Mrs. A. Hohman and the Misses Esther Helbig, Anna and Lizzie Voss, and Mr. Frank Dennis. The floral offerings were many and beautiful.